3 Simple Steps

To complete your application

Welcome to the website of the India Consular Passport and Visa Application Centre (ICPVAC) in France. VFS Services (UK) Ltd is a trusted partner to “The Government of India” in France and manages the administrative function of the Visa, Passport, OCI, PIO and Miscellaneous Consular Services application process.

Step 2 Before you decide to apply for a visa please make sure you familiarize yourself with the information on the visa subclass you are applying for. Quick links to information on visa categories and other helpful information including Visa Fee, VFS Service Charge and Processing Time can be found on the Visa Wizard page on this website.

Step 3 Applicants should fill the Visa Application Form corresponding to the visa subclass under which they wish to lodge their application. Applicants can get the visa application form by visiting the nearest Australia Visa Application Centre or by downloading the forms from Applications and Forms.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION COVID 19 – RESUMPTION OF LIMITED SERVICES:

Due to the current circumstances, we strongly encourage you to send you application by post - for more information on how to do so, please click here.

We will be resuming a very limited service by appointment only from Tuesday 2 June 2020 in Clichy, and from Thursday 4 June in Lyon and Marseille for the following categories of application:

Indian passport and consular services

OCI

Visa services remain suspended.

If you have a very urgent request, please click here to make an appointment.

Thereon, applicants seeking Visa, Passport, OCI and other Consular services are requested to approach the VFS Centres located at Paris, Marseille or Lyon.

It has been decided to introduce a mandatory verification step of personal interview of all OCI applicants who apply for registration as OCI cardholder on spouse basis under section 7A(1)(d) of Citizenship Act, 1955. Therefore, it is requested that from now onward all spouse based OCI applicants must visit the Embassy for interview between 9:30 and 11:30 (Monday to Friday) before applying at VFS.

It is advised that Biometric data for all following categories of Visas should be collected with immediate effect:

Student Visa

Research Visa

Employment Visa

Missionary Visa

Project Visa

Journalist Visa

Visit Visa (Pakistani Nationals)

Tourist and Business Visas with multiple entries

Entry Visa

Conference Visa

Transit Visa

Medical Visa

Medical attendant visa

Films Visa

Internship Visa

Mountaineering Visa

Urgent Category Visa

It has been decided to compulsorily capture the biometrics of overseas citizens of India (OCI) applicants during registration as OCI cardholders. All applicants are therefore advised to kindly give their biometrics at the time of submission of their applications at VFS.